Singapore Supports Dry Bulkers With A 10% Cut On Port Dues
MPA Extends Further Support to Shipping Industry with 10 Per Cent Port Dues Concession for Bulk Carriers from April 15
On Tuesday, the Maritime and...
Alert! Your GPS Signals May Not Work In The Korean Waters
Japan P&I Club Warns Of GPS Signal Jamming
The Japan P&I Club has issued a notice that the vessels entering the Korean Waters are being...
The Most Fuel Efficient Ferries In The World, From Stena Lines
Stena Inks The World’s Most Fuel Efficient Ferries Deal
Stena has signed a contract, for an order of four new RoPax ferries with planned delivery...
[Watch] Fatal Tugboat Sinking In Hudson River
Mfame earlier reported the fatality of the tugboat ‘Specialist,’ which sank after it crashed into a construction barge near the Tappan Zee bridge.
A video was...
[Watch] The Skywalk, The Death-Defying Stunt
The daredevil Alex Thomson along with his team pull off one of the most death-defying stunt. Having established himself as a daredevil of...
Panama Canal Draught Forces Draft Restrictions Again!
Announcement of Second Draft Restriction
As anticipated in Advisories to Shipping A-5-2016, A-7-2016 and A-12-2016, a second draft restriction is being hereby announced.
Effective April 29,...
Time To Merge The Big Three South Korean Shipbuilders?
Yes! Says South Korea’s former strategy and finance minister Yoon Jeung-Hyun; the Big Three shipbuilders should consider merging.
Last week a Mfame article discussed on...
[Watch] Impact Of Titanic Still Felt In Halifax 104 Years Later
It was a maiden voyage that turned out to be its last. When the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic ocean in 1912, Halifax became...
Cargo Vessel Runs Aground In Greece
Accident
Cargo ship ran aground
Date
4th April 2016
Vessel Type
General cargo ship
Location
Aegean sea off Kos island, Greece
Casualties/Pollution
Nil
A Syrian owned general cargo ship ran aground in the afternoon...
BSM Offers Two More New Services
Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement is expanding its scope of ship management services by offering two more new services - Lay up services and Green Cycling.
In...